When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb consisting
of several cloves round a central core, what happened to the original clove
you planted? Does that one become the central core, or does it wither away
like a seed potato?

Steve

shazzbat wrote:
: When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb
: consisting of several cloves round a central core, what happened to
: the original clove you planted? Does that one become the central
: core, or does it wither away like a seed potato?
:
: Steve

It has expanded and split into several cloves

"shazzbat" wrote in message
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When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb
consisting of several cloves round a central core, what happened to the
original clove you planted? Does that one become the central core, or does
it wither away like a seed potato?

I have always assumed it is the central core that is found in the bulb.


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Chris, West Cork, Ireland.

HI Chris

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:42:37 -0000, "Cerumen"
wrote:


"shazzbat" wrote in message
...
When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb
consisting of several cloves round a central core, what happened to the
original clove you planted? Does that one become the central core, or does
it wither away like a seed potato?

I have always assumed it is the central core that is found in the bulb.

Well - according to Carol on 'Grow your own veg', you have to have a
cold snap while the garlic is forming otherwise you end up with one
enormous 'bulb' - rather than a clump of them.....

....don't know how true that might be ?? g

West Cork eh ?? - wonder where - we're near Ballydehob, impatiently
waiting for the ground to dry out enough so's we can dig in something
to lighten it up a little, and get the cladding on the new
polytunnel....

Regards
Adrian

Adrian wrote:
HI Chris

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:42:37 -0000, "Cerumen"
wrote:

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...
When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb
consisting of several cloves round a central core, what happened to the
original clove you planted? Does that one become the central core, or does
it wither away like a seed potato?

I have always assumed it is the central core that is found in the bulb.

Well - according to Carol on 'Grow your own veg', you have to have a
cold snap while the garlic is forming otherwise you end up with one
enormous 'bulb' - rather than a clump of them.....

...don't know how true that might be ?? g

West Cork eh ?? - wonder where - we're near Ballydehob, impatiently
waiting for the ground to dry out enough so's we can dig in something
to lighten it up a little, and get the cladding on the new
polytunnel....

Regards
Adrian
I grow garlic planted in the late Autumn and early Spring, both split
and do well for me. Keep well away from me though, I have smelly breath! ;-)

"Adrian" wrote in message
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HI Chris
West Cork eh ?? - wonder where - we're near Ballydehob, impatiently
waiting for the ground to dry out enough so's we can dig in something
to lighten it up a little, and get the cladding on the new
polytunnel....


Just east of Clonakilty on the coast.


--
Chris, West Cork, Ireland.

"Cerumen" wrote in message
...

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...
When you grow garlic from a clove, and you get (hopefully) a bulb
consisting of several cloves round a central core, what happened to
the
original clove you planted? Does that one become the central core,
or does
it wither away like a seed potato?

I have always assumed it is the central core that is found in the
bulb.

I think that's true, in simple terms: left to itself, it would go on
producing leaves and finally a flowering stalk if allowed to grow on in
the same cycle. That's why you have to eat it rather than plant it. I
wonder, though, if one _did_ plant it in good conditions, it might
produce some weak new cloves, but after another season, and having used
most of its energy for flowering; but I've never tried, so probably it
just flowers and dies.

--
Mike.




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Hi Chris

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:23:45 -0000, "Cerumen"
wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
.. .
HI Chris
West Cork eh ?? - wonder where - we're near Ballydehob, impatiently
waiting for the ground to dry out enough so's we can dig in something
to lighten it up a little, and get the cladding on the new
polytunnel....


Just east of Clonakilty on the coast.

Oh, right - our next-door neighbour comes from out that way.....
nice part of the world - but a bit colder than we are g

Spent a few days in a B&B in Clon while we were looking for this
house..

Enjoy the gardening !
Adrian